Thailand's Tourism Department plans to reinstate pre-pandemic security deposit requirements for tour operators (raising from 3–15M baht to 10–50M baht for domestic, 30–200M baht for outbound), but the Thai Travel Agents Association argues this burdens licensed SME operators without addressing illegal operators or fraud. The association urges the ministry to focus on cracking down on high-risk operators and illegal players instead, with a public hearing scheduled at the ministry next month on the proposed regulations.